The influences of age on olfaction: A review

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Doty, Richard L ^a   Kamath, Vidyulata ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Alzheimer's disease; Anatomy; Neurodegeneration; Olfaction; Parkinson's disease; Physiology; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897599353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00020     Document Type: Review

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